All 4 Uses
evangelist
in
The Poisonwood Bible
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- By good luck or Providence our station wagon made it that far, and Bethlehem turned out to be an open market for Evangelical Baptists.†
Chpt 3 *
- It is an interesting precept on which to found a ministry: The First Evangelical Baptist Church of the Twin-Prone.†
Chpt 3
- It wasn't evangelism, just full disclosure.†
Chpt 5evangelism = the activity of trying to convince people to become Christians
- We never once spoke of my having a crazy evangelist husband still in the Congo somewhere.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(evangelist) someone who actively tries to persuade others to accept a belief or cause, especially a Christian preacher who urges people to become ChristiansMost often, evangelist refers to a Christian who preaches and tries to win converts, sometimes on television, radio, or at large revival meetings. More broadly, the word can be used for anyone who strongly promotes an idea, product, or cause—such as a “climate evangelist” or a “tech evangelist.” When capitalized as Evangelist in Christian writing, it can also refer to one of the traditional authors of the four Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)